Aug 30
Click for full imageBruno’s Art Direction:
Setting – barren Mars landscape, red clouds.
Foreground – grinning shark in regal purple robes.
Background – Minotaur-ish creature with spear hauling vaguely human shape.
Perfect!
Published 2009
(Average: 8.53 out of 10)
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August 30th, 2012 at 9:31 am
For young adults… so we can forgive it. Slightly!
August 30th, 2012 at 10:04 am
Fonz the Shark does realise he’s in a desert, doesn’t he?
August 30th, 2012 at 11:01 am
@Book Wench. Well, Fonz was the very first to jump the shark, I believe. Becoming one is just the next step, isn’t it?
August 30th, 2012 at 11:05 am
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water.
August 30th, 2012 at 11:28 am
All hail King Jabberjaw!
August 30th, 2012 at 12:43 pm
“Who’s got two thumbs and a kickas robe? This guy! Eeeeey!”
August 30th, 2012 at 1:07 pm
I have the Amos Daragon series at work. I wonder if I have that one? Honestly, precious few of the kids at work read the series – would they read it more if all the books had covers like this one?
August 30th, 2012 at 1:35 pm
Fonzie Shark isn’t camera-shy but his mate in the background is clearly embarrassed at being a lion-crab biped
August 30th, 2012 at 3:28 pm
So this is the result of the Fonz’s unholy union from the time he “jumped” that shark?
August 30th, 2012 at 5:34 pm
“Hello… Name’s Bruce…!”
August 30th, 2012 at 5:34 pm
Two thumbs up!
August 30th, 2012 at 6:09 pm
I’m pleased and happy to repeat the news that we have, in fact, caught and killed a large predator that supposedly injured some bathers. But, as you see, it’s a beautiful day, the beaches are open and people are having a wonderful time. Amity, as you know, means “friendship”.
August 31st, 2012 at 4:17 am
Is that some kind of shark-buccaneer giving the reader a thumbs-up?
…Because my brain just sort of shuts down and reboots itself whenever I look at it.
August 31st, 2012 at 10:13 am
Look closely at sharkey. Do you not see some lady curves and some kind of bodice under there? It’s a pantomime principal boy shark.
September 2nd, 2012 at 6:20 am
THIS IS NOT WHAT I WANT MY LANDSHARKS TO LOOK LIKE!
September 3rd, 2012 at 6:40 am
Can you say that the shark “jumped the Fonz” when he made that thumbs-up gesture? ;-P
September 4th, 2012 at 5:47 pm
@A.R.Yngve yes, I believe you can say that.
Also, the shark looks to be a bit of a tough-guy, judging by all those scars…I don’t recall the Fonz having any though.
September 10th, 2012 at 2:47 am
Love it! There’s definitely something genius about it. I hope this book is a comedy. P.s. This is the universe’s first nattily dressed shark with prehensile anything.
September 15th, 2012 at 3:54 am
“Try Super Sugar Shark Flakes! They’re Grrrrrrr-eat!”
January 20th, 2013 at 10:28 pm
Now, let me introduce my lawyer.
February 4th, 2013 at 5:57 pm
ROFL to everyone with Fonzie shark in their comments!!
July 22nd, 2014 at 11:11 pm
Fonzie Shark takes a HUGE bite of a bather, then slaps his victim’s cheeks…wallet and keys drop out of the suit’s pocket.
March 27th, 2015 at 2:32 pm
There is a shark-eel dressed as Sergeant Pepper on the cover. Wouldn’t know about the author, but clearly at least the cover artist no longer gives a shit, if this really is the 11th volume.
December 21st, 2015 at 2:03 pm
THE SANCTUARY OF THE LOAN SHARKS
August 19th, 2022 at 6:33 pm
“Candy gram!”
“Candy gram my foot! You’re that clever shark, aren’t you?”
[Pause]
“I’m only a dolphin, ma’am….”
August 20th, 2022 at 2:37 am
@JJYoyo: good call-back.
Shark may also be a tricky lawyer of the 18th century. “Now, I’m just a simple country shark-eel, but…”